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Islamabad's generals have been sponsoring the deaths of Americans for years, and yet Obama does nothing. Why?
What a Hong Kong shopping complex tells us about the true nature of globalization.
How much could Iran learn from the 'Beast of Kandahar'?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
2011: The year #Egypt beat #Bieber on Twitter
BY URI FRIEDMAN
Meet Morocco's Islamist prime minister
BY AVI SPIEGEL
What is America leaving behind in Iraq?
BY ADAM L. SILVERMAN
What's the worst-case scenario for Putin?
BY STEVE LEVINE
What the EU could learn from Czechoslovakia about breaking up
BY DAVID BOSCO
It's time for Washington to take Pakistani grievances seriously
BY SHUJA NAWAZ
Clinton starts 'foreign affairs policy board'
BY JOSH ROGIN
Obama gives Bush his due on AIDS funding
BY WILL INBODEN
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The Anti-Putin Brigade - Photos by Kirill Nikitenko
Portraits of Russia's would-be revolutionaries -- and their intimate thoughts on Vladimir Putin and the country's dark political future.
12/05/2011
Hacking the Revolution - By Daniel Calingaert
President Obama may talk a good game about Arab democracy, but he's done nothing to stop Western technology firms from helping repressive regimes crack down on protesters.
12/05/2011
Saleh Wins Again - By Charles Schmitz
Yemen’s wily leader has once again outwitted the world -- and he’s not going away.
12/05/2011
Trickle-Down Economics - By Charles Kenny
There’s a free-market solution to the world’s water crisis. Make people pay by the drop.
12/05/2011
America's Second Chance and the Arab Spring - By Kenneth M. Pollack
The United States has been screwing up the Middle East for 60 years. Obama has a brief window to get it right.
12/05/2011
Election Hardball, Kremlin Style - By Julia Ioffe
In advance of Sunday's parliamentary ballot, the pro-Putin camp is cracking down hard on independent election monitors.
12/02/2011
Rise of the TIMBIs - By Jack A. Goldstone
Forget the BRICs. The real economies that will shake up the world over the next few decades need a new acronym.
12/02/2011
Hungary's president on his country's recent economic turmoil and why he still believes in the euro.
12/02/2011
This Week at War: The Pakistan Equation - By Robert Haddick
Islamabad enjoys significant leverage over Washington, but it won't last forever.
12/02/2011